PEOPLE on Merseyside have until Monday to comment on proposals for a new Alder Hey.

Around 6,000 people, including almost 600 children, have had their say so far about plans for a children’s health park.

The responses will help Liverpool PCT decide whether to move the £288m project forward.

Project Director Richard Glenn said: “We have been amazed at the response from the public, many of them saying they have good reason to support Alder Hey. Most people we speak to have either been patients, have had children as patients or relatives who have been cared for at Alder Hey.”

A decision on funding for the new hospital, which has already won planning consent, is expected by the end of the year.

Go to www.alderhey.nhs.uk or visit the PCT office at Arthouse Square in the city centre.